Emily Arin
10th Annual Song Used in Film/TV/Multimedia Nominee
9th Annual Story Song Nominee
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www.emilyarin.com
Home Base: Montour Falls, New York, U.S.A.
Genre: Indie-Folk
Influences: Bill Callahan, Nina Nastasia, The Moore Brothers, Sharon Van Etten, Woody Pines, Eilen Jewell, Espers, Judee Sill, Salty Austin, Kath Bloom, Karen Dalton…and the community of Ithaca musicians that saturate this area and beyond with great music: Jennie Lowe Stearns, Mary Lorson and the Soubrettes, Wingnut, Chris Seeds, Peter Glanville (The Common Railers), Chad Crumm (The Chicken Chokers), Steve Gollnick (Hubcap) and Hank Roberts.
Who is sitting in your audience? I love my audience—loyal, supportive, honest, encouraging—and international! It’s a relatively small group? (given the population of the planet), but word of mouth is happening. I’m very grateful to everyone who feels connected to my music—it spurs me on and keeps me committed to this path.
What makes your fans unique? They span at least nine decades. Some are in the pre-K age bracket, and some are over 90. I used to work in a café my parents own and a little girl came in one day singing a refrain from one of my songs. It was an awesome moment.
What are your favorite places to play? The Harvest Café Lounge in Montour Falls, NY; Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn; The Hyperion Tavern in Silverlake, CA; Honey Space in Chelsea, NY; House Concerts of all stripes and other intimate venues with lovely lighting.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE BANDS’ MOST EXCITING MOMENT TO DATE? Opening for The Mountain Goats at Ithaca College! (And the anticipation of going to Park City, Utah to support Nuummioq at The Sundance Film Festival in January!)
What is your definition of success? To make a decent living loving what I’m doing, and, by loving what I’m doing, giving to the world.
What artists are you listening to that would surprise your fans? Enya (I listened to her a ton when I was younger—and would dreamily imagine myself in some dense, lush jungle while listening to “Caribbean Blue”.) I also volunteered for an acupuncture clinic for AIDS patients while in high school and was in charge of flipping the one tape we had—it was, of course, Enya.
Finish this sentence: The music industry is… in flux.